Maro Itoje highlights key quality England showed to secure much-needed win Elliot Daly’s last-gasp try secured a much-needed win for Steve Borthwick’s side to keep their Six Nations hopes alive.
Maro Itoje hailed the bravery and ambition England showed to snatch a long-awaited narrow victory over France and keep their Six Nations hopes alive.
Beaten in Dublin by Ireland on the opening weekend, England head into the first fallow week with confidence, to some extent, restored, with Scotland next to come to Twickenham in a round three Calcutta Cup clash.
It was Itoje’s first win as skipper having been elevated to the captaincy ahead of this campaign, and the lock was pleased to see his side’s hard work finally pay off.
Aided by French profligacy, England stuck in it throughout to set up a match-winning score as young fly half Fin Smith starred on his first international start.
